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Lake in the Hills Sprint Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

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Lake in the Hills, Illinois
United States
Lake in the Hills Park and Recreation
70F / 21C
Overcast

Total Time = 1h 41m 5s
Overall Rank = 131/341
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 25/48

Pre-race routine:

Woke up and showered and waited for NRG to arrive. She did at about 430, loaded up my bike and off we went. Stopped for water and Gatorade and a muffin and then to the race site.

Event warmup:

Rode our bikes from the parking lot to T2, set that up, then over to T1. Swam a little in the lake to get my hair wet. That lake is murrr-ky! Still a good place to swim I reckon. Watched the early waves take off and saw some people struggling. Sigh that used to be me back in the day.

Swim

18m 26s
880 yards
02m 05s / 100 yards

Comments:

I was actually worried about this for many reasons. First I've swam exactly twice since the ironman on Nov. 7. Once in a pool for about an hour and once at DonkeyMan for 300m. This was 880m. So I jumped in and took off and just swam. It was easy. Like riding a bike but only in the water and without wheels and pedals.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing.

Transition 1

02m 45s

Comments:

Fuggin' wetsuit would NOT come off my feet, and then I had to stuff it into the bag but of coruse it kept unfolding. Finally I had to slow down and just easssse it in.

What would you do differently?:

Get a wetsuit stripper.

Bike

50m 2s
15.5 miles
18.59 mile/hr

Comments:

I love riding my bike out in the country, especially will other triathletes around so I kind of took it easy and enjoyed the scenery. It was hilly but I remembered that from last year. What a great little course and a nice day for a ride.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing.

Transition 2

01m 38s

Comments:

This took a little while longer than I wanted for no real reason. I chatted up the lady next to me for a second and then changed shoes. I dont recall doing it but I apparently put my bike shoes in the plastic bag that housed my running shoes and threw my bike helmet over toward my T-bag. Odd.

What would you do differently?:

Go faster?

Run

28m 10s
4 miles
07m 02s min/mile

Comments:

A little run through the neighborhoods of Lake in the Hills, then along a little path then into some more hoods and such. Good run, a bit hillier than I'm used to though.

What would you do differently?:

Run faster. I know I had more in me, I just kind of slacked because I didn't want to ... I dont know why. I could've gone sub-7 if I'd just kicked it up a notch or two dammit.

Post race

Warm down:

Walked over to the food tent and got an orange and a bagel. Then had a massage which was nice.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Nothing.

Event comments:

Great race. I would recommend it to anybody. I love the people, the course and the town. I would like a medal, though. ;)

Last updated: 2010-06-14 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:18:26 \| 880 yards \| 02m 05s / 100yards
Age Group:	30/48
Overall:	196/341
Performance:	Average
Suit:	Full suit
Course:	Standard counter-clockwise triangle course.
Start type:	Run	Plus:	Waves
Water temp:	70F / 21C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Below average	Remainder:	Average
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:	Average
Waves:	Average	Navigation:	Average
Rounding:	Good

T1
Time:	02:45
Performance:	Below average
Cap removal:	Below average	Helmet on/ Suit off:
Wetsuit stuck?		Run with bike:
Jump on bike:
Getting up to speed:

Biking
00:50:02 \| 15.5 miles \| 18.59 mile/hr
Age Group:	31/48
Overall:	183/341
Performance:	Good
Wind:	Little
Course:	Up around Lake in the Hills and out by Crystal Lake and such. A very pleasant short ride. LOVED IT!
Road:	Smooth Wet	Cadence:
Turns:		Cornering:
Gear changes:		Hills:
Race pace:		Drinks:

T2
Time:	01:38
Overall:	Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal

Running
00:28:10 \| 04 miles \| 07m 02s min/mile
Age Group:	13/48
Overall:	52/341
Performance:	Average
Course:	Out and back and around and down and such.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]	4